the 7 kilometer radius rule

rey is my boss. rey is my favorite boss. and no, rey is not my only boss, so he's really the best boss in town.

and no, he's not paying me to say this.

rey, aside from being my boss, is also my friend. sometimes. and being a friend, he has had the occasion to pass on to me nuggets of wisdom over the past couple of years. the best, i believe, would be the 7 kilometer radius rule.

having a relationship these days is hard enough. for one, you have to find someone who's actually single, straight, and your age. second, in spite of cellphones, emails, chat, landlines, and what-not, you have got to spend real time together.

if you're from the south like we are, real time is a bit of a problem, especially if you're dating someone who's a south luzon expressway away.

there's toll gate. there's the 23.19 to a liter unleaded gasoline price. then there's major traffic.

it's enough to drive anyone away.

so he came up with the 7 kilometer radius rule. a relationship, for it to have a more than average chance of working, should start with the two parties living within a 7 kilometer radius from each other. we non-believers raised our eyebrows at the theory. we scoffed him for coming up with it even.

then he met this girl who has lived within walking distance from his house for the longest time, wooed her, proposed, and then got married.

then we started thinking.

and so i, obedient rosa, who has had countless of failed relationships, found my 7 kilometer radius guy.

it has its perks.

lots of perks.

but the best of all would have to be having someone to go to select with in the middle of the night to satisfy a major craving.